On 22 August 1945, Major Genera] Maxwell Davenport Taylor participated in an emotion-laden farewell review of the 101st Airborne Division; the elite infantry outfit he had commanded so ably since prior to the Normandy invasion of World War II....

The post-war Military Academy began changing prior to the end of the war. The most obvious change was a return to the four year curriculum as directed by Major General Francis B. Wilby. Wilby served as Superintendent for the duration of the war,...